<p>Saran, who hit the headlines in 2006 by taking over the charge as the first woman police commissioner of a metropolitan city, will be the second woman to head a state police force in the country after Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya in Uttarakhand.<br /><br />Saran, who was handed over the baton by outgoing DGP K P Jain, however, played down the significance of becoming the first woman police chief of the state stating that "I am first an officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre."<br /><br />She became the first woman police officer to head a metropolitan city police when she took over as Commissioner of Police of Madras in 2006.<br /><br />In her interaction with the media after taking over as DGP, she said she never believed that women cannot head a force and insisted that whether man or woman, an officer had to meet the requirement to head a police force.<br /><br />She said law and order situation in the state was being maintained and promised to give added focus on dealing with the crimes against women and children and "that is a (natural) feeling as a woman with utmost seriousness".<br /><br />Saran was appointed days after the brutal killing of sub-inspector Vetrivel near Tirunelveli on January 6. The video footage of the police official crying for help evoked national outrage.<br /><br />"It (the murder) has distressed us all. We would ensure that no personnel in uniform meets with such a fate in future," she said when asked about it.</p>
<p>Saran, who hit the headlines in 2006 by taking over the charge as the first woman police commissioner of a metropolitan city, will be the second woman to head a state police force in the country after Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya in Uttarakhand.<br /><br />Saran, who was handed over the baton by outgoing DGP K P Jain, however, played down the significance of becoming the first woman police chief of the state stating that "I am first an officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre."<br /><br />She became the first woman police officer to head a metropolitan city police when she took over as Commissioner of Police of Madras in 2006.<br /><br />In her interaction with the media after taking over as DGP, she said she never believed that women cannot head a force and insisted that whether man or woman, an officer had to meet the requirement to head a police force.<br /><br />She said law and order situation in the state was being maintained and promised to give added focus on dealing with the crimes against women and children and "that is a (natural) feeling as a woman with utmost seriousness".<br /><br />Saran was appointed days after the brutal killing of sub-inspector Vetrivel near Tirunelveli on January 6. The video footage of the police official crying for help evoked national outrage.<br /><br />"It (the murder) has distressed us all. We would ensure that no personnel in uniform meets with such a fate in future," she said when asked about it.</p>
